Politicians should heed Steele’s advice: be honest and be effective

Aug. 6, 2018

Graham Steele, author of The Effective Citizen: How to Make Politicians Work for You, recently offered some solid, and some might say impossible, advice to politicians who want to do their best, but also want to be both effective and honest. It’s a tricky line to walk, but he says it’s also advice that he wished he’d followed himself. His advice? Be honest about how challenging and difficult the job is and try to keep the “bullshit” to a minimum, period.

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